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Orthozanclus reburrus Reconstruction
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Quade Paul |
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Orthozanclus reburrus
2012 |
Conifer, CO, USA |
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Digital: C4D, photoshop, 5.5 in x 4.7" (14.12 cm x 11.96
cm)
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Orthozanclus reburrus is a small (about 10 mm), enigmatic fossil from the Burgess Shale. It shares a common ancestor with Wiwaxia corrugata, as both species have feeding structures composed of two or more transverse, chevron-shaped rows of teeth (possibly replacement rows) in a ventral apparatus, suggesting feeding by rasping of algal mats or sheets on the seafloor. This illustration was developed as part of a series of 3D reconstructions for Doug Erwin and Jim Valentine's The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity (Roberts & Company, 2013).
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reconstructions, Cambrian, Burgess Shale, Orthrozanclus, molluscs |
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